2015 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Recipients Announced
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mimi Lien, and Basil Twist are among those rewarded for their creativity and artistic potential.
Onstage This Week: Sept. 28–Oct. 4
This week brings a mixture of comedy and drama, from games of make-believe to male stripteases and hit men.
Change of the Seasons
An issue of a magazine, like a theatrical season, is a menu of options reflecting our tastes, affinities, and priorities.
My Gig With Frank D. Gilroy
Always the pro—and always writing—the Pulitzer-winning playwright and screenwriter was an ideal collaborator and friend.
The Queen’s English: Two New Plays Find Inspiration in Elizabethan Language
Meg Miroshnik’s ‘The Droll’ looks at the theatre of Elizabeth’s time, while Karin Coonrod’s ‘texts&beheadings/ElizabethR’ deconstructs her language.
A Season of Women-Powered Plays in 2015–16
Theatremakers across the country talk about exciting works featuring or created by female or transgender artists.
PlayGround Assembles 36 Playwrights for 2015–16 Writers Pool
Participants in the theatre’s programs will produce nearly 200 new works in the coming year.
Hartford Stage Names Christina Anderson as Aetna New Voices Fellow
The playwright will fill a position formerly occupied by Pulitzer Prize-winner Quiara Alegría Hudes.
Dorset Theatre Festival Names New Managing Director
Yale graduate Molly Hennighausen will occupy the newly-created position.
Caption Contest: Birdman Edition
Caption this image and win a copy of ‘Intimacy and Other Plays’ by Thomas Bradshaw.
